Andre Russowsky Brunoni

University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil

Andre Russowsky Brunoni is a psychiatrist with expertise in neuromodulation and mood disorders. He completed his PhD at the University of São Paulo with a Sandwich Doctorate scholarship at Harvard Medical School. He received the NARSAD Young Investigator Award, NARSAD (Brain and Behavior Research Society) and Young Scientist Leadership from The Interacademy Partnership (a global network of the world's academies of science and medicine). He held the Postdoctoral fellowship at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Germany. He has published over 250 pubmed indexed papers. Currently, he is an associate professor at University of São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil, Director of the Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation Service, and Co-Director for Service of ECT, Institute of Psychiatry, São Paulo - Brazil. In 2019, he was named Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Global Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list highlights scientists who produced papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field). Professor Brunoni's main research line involves transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with depression and anxiety.

Ana Luiza Zaninotto

MGH Institute of Health, Feeding Disorders Lab

Dr. Ana Luiza Zaninotto is a neuropsychologist currently working as a Research Associate at the Speech and Feeding Disorders Lab, MGH Institute of Health, in Boston, USA. She also has an appointment at the University of Sao Paulo (Neurology Department), Brazil, as an invited professor since 2017. Her research is focused on investigating brain abnormalities and cognition as mediators of speech motor impairments in neurologic populations. Prior to joining the MGH Institute of Health Professions, she was a Research Fellow at the Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, for two years. Dr. Zaninotto received her MSc in 2009 at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and PhD in 2016 at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, both in Science. She also worked as a clinical neuropsychologist supervisor at Hospital das Clinicas, Medical School of the University of Sao Paulo for 8 years.

Priscila Aparecida Rodrigues

Department of Neurology at University of São Paulo Medical School

Priscila is a student of the Postgraduate Program, Department of Neurology at University of São Paulo Medical School. She is a neuropsychologist and researcher, studying the relationship between anxiety disorders and traumautic brain injury.  

Wellingson Silva Paiva

Department of Neurology at University of São Paulo Medical School

Dr. Paiva is a professor of the Postgraduate Program in the Department of Neurology at University of São Paulo Medical School. He is a supervisor of the Neurotrauma Unit  of Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, as well as a faculty member of GlobalNeuro, a medical education provider.